March 25 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the best business decisions in film history, Lucas cuts his directing fee by $500,000 to gain ownership of merchandising and sequel rights

December 1 - Infamous Bill Grundy incident, wherin UKpunk group the Sex Pistols cause a storm of controversy and outrage by swearing on national television [1 (http://www.punk77.co.uk/audio/billgrundy.wav)]